2013-11-26 NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements, The Guardian. Canadians might ask . . ?

 Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Ladar Levison, Privacy of Personal Information; Charter Right; Surveillance; StatsCan Censuses & Surveys  No Responses »
Nov 272013
 
2013-11-26 NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements, The Guardian. Canadians might ask . . ?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/nsa-surveillance-europe-threatens-freeze-us-data-sharing?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 After Edward Snowden revelations, EU executive underlines US compliance with European law and ‘how things have gone badly’ Ian Traynor in Brussels European Union justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding is negotiating with the US on the fallout from the NSA scandal. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty The EU executive is threatening to freeze crucial data-sharing […]

2013-11-26 Important video “Salmon Confidential”. PLUS One step closer to Frankenfish, thanks to Canada.

 Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Health, Propaganda, Salmon & Fish, Sustainability  No Responses »
Nov 272013
 

Things that did not make sense suddenly become clear as day. why is the Government proceeding with the registration of GMO salmon? why the closure of fisheries labs on the West Coast? why can’t the Government tolerate scientists? for how little will people sell their souls? I highly recommend the video “Salmon Confidential” and bless […]

2013-11-26 November 26 We are in a race against the corporatocracy

 Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Privacy of Personal Information; Charter Right; Surveillance; StatsCan Censuses & Surveys  4 Responses »
Nov 262013
 

TODAY, IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR ONE THING ONLY: 2013-11-23  SIGN STATEMENT:  Protect our Privacy!  (IMPORTANT) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – We are in a huge race. The […]

2013-11-16 “Unacceptable Levels”, new documentary. And ally groups (March Against Monsanto)

 Empowerment, Food, Freedom of Speech. (Remove some wrong postings from category), Genetically Modified, Health, Sustainability  No Responses »
Nov 262013
 

Hi Kimberly, Many thanks for the film Unacceptable Levels.  (Trailer at http://www.unacceptablelevels.com/) You address an issue near and dear to my heart. I can tell from the trailer that it covers the bases.  I’m looking forward to viewing the film. You help empower people by presenting the film.  They will help spread the word. For […]

2013-11-23 Jack Knox: Security borders on absurd in pipeline debate, Victoria Times Colonist

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Nov 242013
 

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/jack-knox-security-borders-on-absurd-in-pipeline-debate-1.708102 We shouldn’t be surprised that the RCMP and CSIS kept tabs on environmentalists and at least two Victoria politicians during this year’s Northern Gateway hearings. Given the tensions around the proposal, some security planning was needed. Nor should we be surprised that our police and spy agencies meet regularly with energy companies. In the […]

2013-10-09 Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News

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Nov 242013
 

BELOW: is a back-up copy of the CBC News Report, Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace. But I recommend you go to the URL. There’s a set of 8 photos. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-canada-s-top-secret-billion-dollar-spy-palace-1.1930322?cmp=rss/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Please […]

2013-11-22 The Year the Monarch Didn’t Appear, New York Times, Jim Robbins

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Nov 232013
 

By JIM ROBBINS ON the first of November, when Mexicans celebrate a holiday called the Day of the Dead, some also celebrate the millions of monarch butterflies that, without fail, fly to the mountainous fir forests of central Mexico on that day. They are believed to be souls of the dead, returned. This year, for or […]

2013-11-23 The malleable politics of ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ , LA Times

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Nov 232013
 
2013-11-23 The malleable politics of 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' , LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-politics-hunger-games-catching-fire-20131123,0,4092143.story#axzz2lVTIdyuf By Rebecca Keegan (INSERT:  The remarks by Donald Sutherland are very good. I flagged them below.  /S) Like any good dystopia, “The Hunger Games” depicts a frightening world that resonates with the anxieties of contemporary audiences — a futuristic version of North America blighted by income inequality, government overreach and sadistic entertainment. With the […]

2013-11-23 SIGN STATEMENT: Protect our Privacy! (IMPORTANT)

 Privacy of Personal Information; Charter Right; Surveillance; StatsCan Censuses & Surveys  2 Responses »
Nov 232013
 

All I needed to assess the need for this petition was the link to the CBC Report, from the Footnotes for the Petition: Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News  (http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=11133)   This is very serious.   But we can fight it. Please sign on, and alert your friends: https://openmedia.ca/ourprivacy  NEW: The government has just announced […]

2013-10-08 Census Lockheed Martin: Yoga teacher faces federal charges; Eve Stegenga, Powell River, BC – Trial date set, March 2014.

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Nov 232013
 
2013-10-08 Census Lockheed Martin: Yoga teacher faces federal charges; Eve Stegenga, Powell River, BC - Trial date set, March 2014.

(Eve’s trial date is set for March, 2014.) http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2013/10/08/news/doc52549d6ab8326766927680.txt From:  Powell River Peak By Chris Bolster  (email reporter at   prpeak.com ) A Lund resident is facing federal charges after telling Statistics Canada to count her out. Yoga teacher Eve Stegenga is one of 54 Canadians being charged under the Statistics Act for not completing the 2011 mandatory […]

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